Produkt Overview / Comparison


The program Hardcopy offers you many possibilities, this overview is not complete.
This table shall give you a first orientation and illustrate the difference between Freeware-version, registered version and CD-version.

Freeware
Version
Registered
Download
Version
CD
Version
> 100
Installations
Operating systems:     
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Windows XP
Windows Vista
File management:    
File formats > 10 > 20 > 70 > 70
File formats (over download)> 70 > 70    
GIF - format -
Color resolution from 1 up to 32 bits
(with automatic optimization on color reduction)
Image Viewer - Display of title and text
(and additional informations to the images)
Image Viewer - Canon digital cameras
Save automatically
Save in data base
Mass convert - File formats
Mass convert - Compression,
optimization, manipulation over macro, ...
Slide Show
Slide Show - Scene-transitions > 1000 > 1000 > 1000 > 1000
Slide Show - Command file for presentations
Slide Show - Examples - -
Send by e-mail
Time controlled reading of an image
Edit images:    
Undo / Redo
Cut
Automatic trim
Copy / Paste
Paste into existing image
Paste transparently
Macro - recording
Select region
Select transparent region
Increase / Decrease region
Move / Copy region
Insert text into the image
(three-dimensional, rotate, color effects, ...)
Create / Update text extension
(storing within the image with JPG / GIF-format,
format-undependent with a data base)
Insert mouse pointer in several sizes
Image manipulation:    
Flip horizontal / vertical
Rotate left / right / number of degrees
Change size, image or background
Average
Median
Sharpen
Gamma
Brightness
Contrast
Contrast histogram
Posterize
Mosaic
Oil painting
Halftone
Tile
Wallpaper
Noise
Emboss
Watermark
Underlay image
Invert
Gray scale
Black/White
Invert black and white
Color correction
Color saturation
Solarization
Equalize color
Increase contrast
Change number of colors
Painting 80 80 80 80
Effects for predefined paintings > 1000 > 1000 > 1000 > 1000
Scanner support:    
TWAIN-support (thus not only scanner)
Selection in the case of several scanners
Using the delivered scan-software
Directly (without scan-software)
Hardcopy functions:    
Screen
Screen object
Window
Rectangle
Rectangle with round edges
Triangle
Ellipse
Polygon
Freehand
Menu
Directly from a EXE-file or a DLL
Scan
Functions by striking a key or a mouse click:    
Keys: Print / Scroll / Pause, etc
Printer icon in the header line
Print
(also definite printers, per key / icon)
Save in file / data base
(also with using of variables)
Image "only" on disposal in window
Dialogue "Save as..." on disposal
Copy into the clipboard
Copy into actual image
Request title and / or text extension
Multi-monitors selection
Copy to WinWord, Excel or PowerPoint
(to WinWord with text extension also)
Send by e-mail
Insert mouse pointer
Gray scale
Invert gray levels, if more than 50% dark
Black/White
Invert black/white, if more than 50% black
Invert black/white
Invert
Mask start bar
Landscape presentation (landscape format)
SAP® - delete background
Delete definite color
Change number of colors
Set image size
Play macro
Printout - options:    
Printout 1:1
With or without frame
Several images per page
(The value horizontal / vertical can be adjusted)
Time controlled printout
Header lines able to stand on selection
pagination, PC-name, user name, ...
Date format able to stand on selection
Font, font size, ..., able to stand on selection
Additional SAP® - informations
Title and text extension
(On request or predefined)
Company logo / image
(with adjustable place of position)
Centered horizontal
Printout in landscape format
(also automatically because of size)
Margins
Print - optimization / dithering
Other options:    
Default e-mail-address
Default extern graphics tool
Defaults Image Explorer
Data base support
(included drawing up and deleting of tables)
SAP® characterization
background color / text in the header line
Languages
(with the possibility to change texts
and to add new languages)
> 20 > 20 > 20 > 20
System Tray support
also with menu
Mouse buttons setting able to stand for selection, infotext
Painting:    
Point, line
Rectangle, ellipse
Filled rectangle, ellipse
Fill
Color picker
Color palette / selection
Extras:    
Zoom
Full screen modus
Time controlled recording
(multi-capture)
Toolbars-configuration
draw up new toolbars, change existing toolbars, ...
Multi-monitors support
Acoustic signal,
if the desired function is finished
Documentation:     
Documentation in PDF format-
Documentation in WinWord format- -
Technical documentation - - -
Service / Support / Updates:    
Hardcopy-service-side (www.service.hardcopy.de)
Priority - e-mail - support- - -
Free download of updates - 1 year 1 year 2 years
Free download of new versions - 1 year 1 year 2 years
Info-service for updates and new versions -
Installation:    
Installation with different options
Deinstallation
Automatic installation (silent mode)
(No user input is necessary.)
- - -
Common Group Installation - - -
Predefine basic settings with installation,
e.g. mail-address, company logo, keyboard setting, etc.
- - -
Generate basic setting from an
existing installation
- - -
Adjust setting of Hardcopy to a basic setting
with each start of Hardcopy
- - -
Switch off menu Settings - - -
Program integration:    
Integrate Hardcopy in other (own) programs
(included example with source code)
- - -
With own abilities for setting
(included interface to settings-assistant)
- - -
Demo included source texts  

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Last update: 03/01/2007 03:00:24